Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase supplies of epilepsy medication in south London.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has a role to play in ensuring that supplies of medicines are available nationally, and in sufficient quantity to meet demand. The Department does not monitor stocks of medicine at a local level, and as such no assessment has been made of the level of stocks of epilepsy medication in South London pharmacies.
The Department has been working intensively with the pharmaceutical industry, National Health Service, and others to address issues with the supply of some epilepsy medications. As a result of our action, some supply issues with Tegretol prolonged-release tablets have been resolved. However, some issues remain, and we are working with suppliers to resolve these as soon as possible by expediting future deliveries, and ensuring that alternative products remain available. We have issued guidance to healthcare professionals on how to manage patients requiring affected medicines while supply is disrupted. The Department has been engaging with the Epilepsy Society to keep them updated on developments.
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024: Business and Regulatory Impact AssessmentFound: Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland, Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), The Poverty Alliance, Epilepsy
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024: Business and Regulatory Impact AssessmentFound: Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland, Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), The Poverty Alliance, Epilepsy
Mentions:
1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) One parent said:“our son has severe complex needs including epilepsy, which can cause him to stop breathing - Speech Link
Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to epilepsy charities since March 2017.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Scottish Government has provided a total of £755,626 to epilepsy charities between March 2017 and March 2024.
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2024Found: applicable to other fields such as neuroscience where there is exc essive neural activity such as epilepsy
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: MHRA FOI performance dataFound: medication.Disclosed in fullFOI 23/455We are writing [Name] to enquire about prescription amounts per year for Anti epilepsy
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: Employing disabled people: Disability Confident and CIPD manager’s guideFound: dyslexia – Dyslexia Action and British Dyslexia A ssociation • dyspraxia – Dyspraxia Foundation • epilepsy